about cafe dawn

Cafe dawn is a community minded and environmentally conscious coffee shop in historic downtown Salida. Our mission is to provide beautiful, tasty drinks along with all-natural Colorado products in a quick and efficient manner, while making our customers feel at home.

Established in 2008, cafe dawn was voted Best Coffee in 2009 and 2010 by the community. Additionally, our local suppliers, which include Flour Girl, Kalamata Pit, Tony's Restaurant and The Fritz, have also been recognized as the Best of Salida.

Owners Dawn Heigele and Phillip Benningfield have over 40 years of combined experience in the service industry. Dawn has a Bachelor of Science in Restaurant Administration from Missouri State. She gained management experience in corporate restaurants such as Ruby Tuesdays and Applebee's. Phillip has been in a relationship with making coffee for over 14 years. His passion for coffee inspired him to write a book about the coffee culture called The Dark Roast. In 2010, Phillip was voted Salida's Best Barista.

In addition to running the coffee shop, Dawn and Phillip offer coffee shop consulting. Benningfield and Heigele Consulting aid coffee shop owners with proper drink preparation, service and coffee shop start up. For more information, contact Dawn at heigele@hotmail.com with "COFFEE SHOP CONSULTING" in the subject header.

Voted Best Coffee 2 years in a row!!!

Thank you for voting cafe dawn Best Coffee in 2010!

cafe dawn is on the corner of G and 1st Street

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cafe dawn offers a delicious cup of coffee, great service and a wonderful view

Additionally, cafe dawn serves fresh-daily and locally-made pastries, quiche, brioche, sandwiches and burritos.

Patio seating and wi-fi available!

VOTED BEST COFFEE IN SALIDA 2009!!

Thank you for voting cafe dawn the "Best Coffee in Salida" and "Best Overall Winner" of 2009! However, we can't take all the credit. Cafe dawn is proud to serve Allegro Fair Trade, Organic espresso and loose tea. Allegro's high environmental standards and fair trade with farmers are other reasons why the coffee is the "Best"!

Additionally, thank you for recognizing us for "Best Bakery" (Flour Girl, Christy Hinners), "Best Breakfast"(Flour Girl and Tony Perez) and "Best Happy Hour" (Becca and Christina)! We appreciate all the support we have received from the community. We've enjoyed serving you!

Holiday Hours

Thanksgiving: CLOSED

Anniversary December 4: 6 AM to 2 PM

Christmas Day: CLOSED

New Year's Day: OPEN at 7:30 AM

Regular Hours: 6 AM to 6 PM EVERYDAY